Monday Roundup!

This week’s Monday Roundup is all about Flash Fiction! National Flash Fiction Day is Saturday June 27th so in honour of that we have a whole new category just for it. And don’t forget our NewsFlash event is on in Arthur’s Pub and everyone is welcome!

Deadline: 15th of July 2015
Prizes: £50 book tokens, £20 book tokens, 3 x Runners Up: £10 book token each
Notes: Entry fee is £3 per story, up to 500 words on the theme of ‘Borderlines’, Judge is David Gaffney.

Deadline: 31 July 2015
Prizes: Winner: £250, Runner-up: £50, 4x Highly Commended: £25 All prize winners will get their:
Story published to the InkTears Readership and bio published on InkTears site
Notes: 500 words or less in length (shorter entries very welcome), Any theme is acceptable, entry fee is £3

Deadline: August 31st, 2015. Midnight PST
Prizes: 1st $150.00 and publication in F(r)iction. Five finalists will receive free professional edits on their submission and will be considered for publication.
Notes: Any genre with a word limit of either 55, 250, or 500 words, entry fees is $7.00 per entry, or three entries for $15.00.

The current theme is ORIGINS, must use a prompt from www.writerigniter.com
Deadline: August 31, 2015
Looking for: fiction, flash fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction 2000,Fiction 2000, Poetry up to 5 poems

On the 16th of every month leading up to the 16 months before April 2016, they will publish an issue of their magazine online.
Deadline: Different prompts with different closing dates
Looking for: Submissions that relate to their prompts.

Deadline: ongoing
Looking for: For poetry submissions, we ask that you send a cover letter with a brief bio, with no more than five poems, For fiction, commentary & narrative non-fiction no more than five pieces per submission (as an attachment) and include a cover letter, and a short bio, 2,000-3,000 words per piece.

Deadline: 30 June 2015
Prizes: two categories each have a first prize of €400, a second prize of €200 and a third prize of €100. First prize stories will be published in a future issue of Books Ireland and overall winners will have the opportunity to attend a creative writing workshop. (First prize in the English language category is a place on the Kiltrumper Writing Workshop facilitated by Niall Williams.)
Notes: Submissions are welcomed from all nationalities in both English and Irish languages, words allowed is 2,600

Deadline: 30th of June 2015
Prizes: First prize is $50. The top three entries will be published in their online app and will receive a profile on their website. No limit on number of entries.
Notes: Submit fiction, any genre or topic, 1000-4000 words, free to enter.

Deadline: 30th of June 2015
Prize: $25 for the winner in each category and the top five entries in each category will be published in the magazine, Metamorphose.
Notes: It has four categories: short fiction fantasy, short science fiction, flash fiction fantasy, flash science fiction., free to enter. Only one entry per person.

Deadline: July 1st 2015
Prizes:The two award winners will receive a box filled with a small trophy, (gently used) books, (never used) cookies, and a check for $250, as well as a one-year subscription to Winter Tangerine Review
Notes: Free to enter, Writers may submit up to two pieces of prose (totaling no more than twelve pages).

Deadline: 7th of July 2015
Prizes: The winner in each category will receive £50 and the top three entries in both categories will be published on their website.
Notes: it is for short stories of up to 250 words, it’s open to writers around the world, but you must be aged 18 and over, there are two themes: ‘Portraits’ or ‘Not Forgotten’, entry fee is £3 for one entry or £5 for two.

Deadline: July 15th, 2015.
Prizes: First prize is £100. Shortlisted stories will be published in an upcoming anthology.
Notes: Free to Enter. Submit an apocalyptic/dystopian short story of up to 5000 words.

Deadline: 7th July
Prizes: First prize: £500
2 runners up prizes: £100 each
Notes: 1000 and 2000 words long. Writers of the top ten stories invited to read their story at our live show and prizegiving on 2nd November

Deadline: July 15th
Prizes: £500, £250 and £100. The three winning entries in both categories will also be published in Issue 222 of Ambit.
Notes: Entry Fee: £7 for short fiction, short fiction must be under 1000 words.

Deadline: 5pm GMT on 24th July 2015
Prizes: £300 and publication in Wasafiri Magazine
Notres: Fiction and Life Writing, 3000 words, open to anyone who has not published a complete book in their chosen category

Deadline: 31st of July 2015
Prizes: The winners in each category will receive £200 and an invitation alongside the runners up and commended writers, to read at the Festival in October 2015.
Notes: Submit short stories of up to 3,000 words on any subject, entry Fee: £5 per story

Deadline: Friday, July 31st, 2015
Prizes: 1st – £250; 2nd – £100; 3rd-£75
Notes: Entry fee is £5 per memoir, Maximum length: 1000 words. Send an extract from your own life in 1,000 words or fewer, Open to all writers from beginners to published authors

Deadline: 31st July
Prizes: 1st: €2,000, publication in the literary journal Southword, AND a week-long residency at Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat.
2nd: €500 and publication in Southword.
Notes: open to writers from around the world, submissions accepted from May to July annually, 3,000 words or fewer

Deadline: August 31st, 2015. Midnight PST
Prizes: The winner of our short story contest will be awarded $500.00 and publication in F(r)iction. Five finalists will receive free professional edits on their submission and will be considered for publication.
Notes: Any genre ranging from 1,000 to 7,500 words, entry fees is $15.00 USD entry fee for each submission.

Deadline: August 31st 2015
Prizes: The winner of the short story category will receive £400. The winners of the poetry and flash fiction categories will receive £200 each. Nine runners up in each category will also be published in Hysteria 4, an anthology published in November each year.
Notes: Submit short stories, up to 2,000 words, flash fiction up to 250 words, Any theme of interest to women. Open to women only.

Deadline: 31st August 2015
Prizes: £500 prize money for the Short Fiction winner, Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology, A selection of books from Vintage and Bloodaxe Books, One year print subscription to Granta, A complimentary copy of the Anthology
Notes: 2,000 words, One £15 entry fee allows you to submit up to two poems or one short story.

Deadline: 30 SEPTEMBER 2015
Prizes: The winning story will feature in the winter 2015 issue of The Caterpillar
Notes: Open to anyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished,entry fee is €12 per story, 2,000 words written by an adult for children (aged 7–11)

Deadline: September 30th
Prizes: 1ST PRIZE €300 | 2ND PRIZE €200 | 3RD PRIZE €100
Notes: English language of 3,000 words or less. Entries can be sent to carriedinwaves@ucc.ie
The themes explored may be of any nature but the shortlist of forty stories will be recorded for broadcast, entry fee is €10

Deadline: October 1st 2015
Prizes: £200, Publication in Prole 18 in December 2015
Publication on the Prole website
2 x runner up prizes of £50, possible publication in Prole 18
Publication on the Prole website
Notes: £4.00 for first entry, £3.00 for any subsequent entries, Word limit 2500, Winners will be announced in issue 18 of Prole in December 2015 and on website by December 15th 2015.

Deadline: November 30th
Prizes: Grand Prize: €1000, Second Prize: €200, Third Prize: €100
Notes: If your story is science fiction, fantasy or horror, is less than 10,000 words in length and has not been previously published, €7.50 entry fee

Deadline: July 1st 2015
Prizes: The two award winners will receive a box filled with a small trophy, (gently used) books, (never used) cookies, and a check for $250, as well as a one-year subscription to Winter Tangerine Review
Notes: Free to enter, Writers may submit up to four poems (totaling no more than eight pages), and/or two pieces of prose (totaling no more than twelve pages). Writers may submit one entry in both categories.

Deadline: 2nd July 2015
Prizes: £500 (open category) and £250 (St Cross category) will be awarded. Prizewinning and commended poets will receive a copy of the prize pamphlet and their poems will appear on the College website.
Notes The theme is ‘Four Corners’, based on the College motto ad quattuor cardines mundi (to the four corners of the earth), which will be interpreted broadly, up to six poems, in any form, each up to 40 lines, entry fee is £5 for first poem, £3 for each subsequent poem

Deadline: 7th of July 2015
Prizes: The winner in each category will receive £50 and the top three entries in both categories will be published on their website.
Notes: poems of up to 25 lines, it’s open to writers around the world, but you must be aged 18 and over, there are two themes: ‘Portraits’ or ‘Not Forgotten’, entry fee is £3 for one entry or £5 for two.

Deadline: 15th July 2015
Prizes: $10,000 for first place. Other prizes include ten prizes of $200 each and a Readers’ Choice Award ($2,000).
Notes: Entry Fees is $20. You can submit up to four poems per entry.

Deadline: July 15th
Prizes: £500, £250 and £100. The three winning entries in both categories will also be published in Issue 222 of Ambit, and the poets and writers will be invited to read with judges Dan O’Brien and Alison Moore at the launch on October 22nd 2015 in London.
Notes: Entry Fee is £5 for poetry, poems must not exceed 42 lines

Deadline: 19th of July 2015
Prizes: First prize of €500, a second prize of one week’s retreat accommodation at The Creativity Cabin on the Beara peninsula, and a third prize of €100.
Notes: Entry Fee is €10 per entry of up to three poems, submit poems of up to 40 lines on any theme related to coastal landscape or maritime life and heritage.

Deadline: 24th of July 2015
Prize: £2,500, a week of writing time on the East Suffolk coast, and a fee-paying invitation to read at the 2016 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival.
Notes: Submit your first collection of at least 40 pages with primary publication in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Deadline: Friday, July 31st, 2015
Prizes: 1st – £250; 2nd – £100; 3rd-£75
Notes: Entry fee is £4 per poem Maximum length: 40 lines, 16 or over. Poems should be in English, they must not have been previously published, nor be currently submitted for publication or competition elsewhere

Deadline: 31st of July 2015
Prizes: The winners in each category will receive £200 and an invitation alongside the runners up and commended writers, to read at the Festival in October 2015.
Notes: Submit poems of up to 30 lines and short stories of up to 3,000 words on any subject, entry eee is £5 per poem or £5 per story

Deadline: 23rd of August 2015
Prizes: First prize is £600. The runner-up will receive £300. 5 commended prizes of £50 each. There’s also a Gloucestershire Prize of £200.
Notes: Submit poems up to 70 lines, Sole Judge: Alison Brackenbury, It costs £4 per entry or three for £10 if you’re applying by post. The fees are slightly higher for email submissions.

Deadline: August 31st, 2015. Midnight PST
Prize: The winner of our poetry contest will be awarded $150.00 and publication in F(r)iction. Five finalists will receive free professional edits on their submission and will be considered for publication.
Notes: Any genre or form, three pages or less per poem, Fees: $7.00 per entry, or three entries for $15.00.

Deadline: August 31st 2015
Prizes: The winner of the short story category will receive £400. The winners of the poetry and flash fiction categories will receive £200 each. Nine runners up in each category will also be published in Hysteria 4, an anthology published in November each year.
Notes: Submit poetry up to 20 lines, Any theme of interest to women. Open to women only.

Deadline: 31 August 2015
Prizes: First prize – £1000
Second prize – £200
Notes: Entry fee is £5 to submit a poem or £4 per poem for more than three entries. You may enter up to ten poems, providing they are unpublished.

Deadline: 31 August 2015
Prizes: £500 prize money for the Poetry winner
Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology
A selection of books from Vintage and Bloodaxe Books
One year print subscription to Granta
A complimentary copy of the Anthology
Notes: One £15 entry fee allows you to submit up to two poems, no more than 40 lines

Deadline: Midnight on 31 August 2015
Prizes: First: A brand new iPad, £250 of Bloomsbury titles, A framed copy of the finished poster featuring your poem, Exclusive celebration event to reveal the prize-winner. Two runners-up will also be chosen, and all short-listed poets will be invited to the celebration event.
Notes: Entrants must submit a 2 to 16 line poem aimed at children and young people, on the themes of reading and/or literature, entry fee is £8 for the first Entry per Entrant, and £4 for each subsequent Entry by the same Entrant.

Deadline: 31 October 2015
Prizes:£5,000 for the overall winner, £2,000 for the second, £1,000 for the third, with seven commendations of £200. The top three winners are also published in the Poetry Society’s leading international journal, The Poetry Review, as well as having the possibility of reading at some of the UK’s top literature festivals.
Notes: All poems must have a title and must not exceed 40 lines in length (excluding title). Entries can be on any subject, The first poem submitted costs £6.50. Subsequent entries in the same submission cost £3.50 per poem

Deadline: 1st August
Prize: A publishing contract with Legend Press and a £2,500 cash bursary
Notes: Adult novels only, novels must be already completed before entry, novels must be 50k words or over to be considered, £10 entry fee per submission

Deadline: 21st Sept 2015
Prizes: 1st prize: £5,000
The winner and four other finalists will receive manuscript feedback from The Literary Consultancy and and an invitation to a special networking event with literary agents.
Notes: Entry fee: £25 per novel, novel can be in any genre, but must be for adult or young adult readers, at least 50,000 words.

Deadline: 30th of September.
Prize: €2,000 for the winning author and publication of their novella by The Dreadful Press.
Notes: between 15,000 and 35,000 words, entry fee is €10 per manuscript at a maximum of two manuscripts per entry. Entries are open to residents of Ireland and the UK only

Deadline: midnight GMT on October 11th 2015
Prize: £1,000 plus Minerva trophy
Notes: Novels can be in any genre for children who are able to read for themselves or young adult readers
There are no minimum or maximum word count restrictions, however as a guide, they recommend 6-10,000 for a chapter book, 40-60,000 for middle grade and 50-70,000 words for YA, entrants should not have had a novel, for any age group, accepted for publication by a traditional publishing house, independently published novelists are eligible.

Deadline: 30 Oct 2015
Prize: The winning novel will be published by Fish Publishing and the launch of the novel will be held as part of a literary festival.They hope to launch the novel during the West Cork literary Festival (July 2016).
Notes: The first chapter OR 5,000 words. (Shortlisted authors will be requested to submit their entire novel for final selection.), Online entry €20, postal entry €22, Judge Louise O’Neill.

Deadline: 1st November, 2015
Prizes: The winner will receive £1,000 and a trophy
Notes: entry fee is £20. Novels can be any genre for adults or Y/A, but must be original and at least 50,000 words long. Entrants must not have had a novel published, including self-published, or have entered into a contract for future publication of their novel.

Deadline: Friday 18th December 2015
Prizes: Worldwide publishing deal with Chicken House, with an advance of £10,000 (subject to contract).
All longlisted entrants will receive a reader’s report of their work.
Notes: Full-length novel suitable for children aged somewhere between 7 and 18 years; minimum of 30,000 words and ask that manuscripts entered do not exceed 80,000 words in length. Entry fee